Well in the immediate future, we are most certainly poorer defensively and now quite a bit slower (plus very old collectively). Mcleod was so frustrating to watch in the playoffs, where every single play and shift gets magnified. Incredibly fast, would be able to transport pucks pretty efficiently through the neutral.. but then dump it and turn away or worse, turn it over at the blue and have the other team turn up quickly.
He was an excellent PKer and had overall very good defensive numbers but our piss poor cap management resulted in him having to go. Hope well for him in BUF.. but also time to move on.